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Sternlicht's Starwood REIT Running Low On Cash As Redemptions Soar Amid CRE Storm
19.05.2024, 00:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sternlicht's Starwood REIT Running Low On Cash As Redemptions Soar Amid CRE Storm Starwood Real Estate Income Trust (SREIT), a $10 billion non-traded REIT ranked second-largest behind Blackstone's struggling BREIT, faces a severe liquidity crunch as investor redemptions soar amid concerns 'higher for longer' interest rates will worsen the commercial...
Nickel Prices Log Best Week In Over A Year As Riots In New Caledonia Spark Supply Concerns
18.05.2024, 22:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Nickel Prices Log Best Week In Over A Year As Riots In New Caledonia Spark Supply Concerns Nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange just had their best week in nearly a year and a half. The surge comes as social unrest rocks New Caledonia. A new report highlighted last week about surging demand for base metals driven by the clean energy push, as...
2 House Panels Clear Contempt Resolutions Against AG Garland
18.05.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 2 House Panels Clear Contempt Resolutions Against AG Garland Authored by Samantha Flom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Attorney General Merrick Garland appears at a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on April 16, 2024. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Republicans on two House committees voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland...
"The Economics Just Don't Work": Demand For Electric Semis Plunges Due To High Costs
18.05.2024, 01:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "The Economics Just Don't Work": Demand For Electric Semis Plunges Due To High Costs For the last year, we've been writing extensively about how high costs and low demand have made EVs uneconomical - and, as a result, unpopular to produce - for the auto industry. It turns out unionized employees extorting you on labor costs while the government mandates...
WHO's Fascist F**kery: "Homicidal Racketeering Scheme Masquerading As Disease Prevention"
17.05.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - WHO's Fascist F**kery: "Homicidal Racketeering Scheme Masquerading As Disease Prevention" Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “If the government can suspend your rights anytime it deems something is a crisis, you don’t have rights. You have permissions.” - “Pismo” on “X” While our country sleepwalks through the deadly...
Former Facebook And Nike DEI Manager Gets 5 Years For Embezzling $5 Million To Fund Luxury Lifestyle
17.05.2024, 20:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Former Facebook And Nike DEI Manager Gets 5 Years For Embezzling $5 Million To Fund Luxury Lifestyle A former diversity program manager at Facebook and Nike has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing more than $5 million from Facebook and Nike while working as a DEI executive. Barbara Furlow-Smiles has been accused of " an elaborate...
Doctor Fined For Prescribing Ivermectin Against COVID-19
17.05.2024, 19:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Doctor Fined For Prescribing Ivermectin Against COVID-19 Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, A doctor in Washington state has been fined for prescribing ivermectin against COVID-19. He must also take continuing education classes, according to newly filed documents. Dr. Wei-Hsung Lin must pay $5,000, according to an order signed by the Washington...
'Baby Girl, Don't Even Play!': Waffle House Chaos Ensues In Fiery Congressional Catfight
17.05.2024, 19:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Baby Girl, Don't Even Play!': Waffle House Chaos Ensues In Fiery Congressional Catfight A heated catfight broke out Thursday evening during a House Oversight Committee hearing, during which Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) asked if any of the Democrats present were employing the daughter of Trump Judge Juan Merchan - whose progressive political consulting...
Futures Flat In Quiet End To Torrid Week
17.05.2024, 12:53 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Flat In Quiet End To Torrid Week US equity futures are flat to end a torrid week which saw all indexes hit a fresh all-time high while the terminally anachronistic Dow Jones briefly topped 40,000. Pre-market, MegaCap Tech are mixed: AMZN +20bp, MSFT +20bp, META -22bp, GOOGL -18bp. WMT is down 27bps pre-mkt, after its +7.0% rally post-earnings...
Left's "Sue-Till-Green" Strategy Comes To PA
17.05.2024, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Left's "Sue-Till-Green" Strategy Comes To PA Authored by André Béliveau via RealClearPennsylvania, When climate activists use the term “environmental justice,” they mean it literally. Rather than legislating and passing laws (as is customary in a constitutional republic), they’ve turned to the courts to fight their quixotic battles. Pennsylvania...
Florida Condo Owners Dump Units Over Six-Figure Special Assessments
16.05.2024, 19:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Florida Condo Owners Dump Units Over Six-Figure Special Assessments Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Have a Florida condo? Can you afford a $100,000 or higher special assessment for new safety standards? After the collapse of a Surfside Building on June 24, 2021that killed 98 people, the state passed a structural safety law that is now...
Joe Biden Invokes Executive Privilege Over Special Counsel Recordings
16.05.2024, 16:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Joe Biden Invokes Executive Privilege Over Special Counsel Recordings After the DOJ stonewalled over surrendering an audio recording of Special Counsel Robert Hur's interview with President Joe Biden over his handling of classified documents, the White House has invoked executive privilege to block House Republicans from obtaining it. On Wednesday,...
Toxic Atmosphere At FDIC Spurs Calls For Chair's Resignation
16.05.2024, 04:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Toxic Atmosphere At FDIC Spurs Calls For Chair's Resignation Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics, The White House did not offer their full faith and credit to the FDIC chairman when asked by RealClearPolitics about a bombshell 234-page investigation that detailed a toxic environment within the agency. Other than noting that Martin Gruenberg...
Diesel Takes Another Hit And May Be Driving Down Broader Oil Market
16.05.2024, 00:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Diesel Takes Another Hit And May Be Driving Down Broader Oil Market By John Kingston of FreightWaves With the benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges down for the fifth week in a row, diesel consumers should be reveling in the fact that market trends appear to have completely thrown out concerns about the Middle East conflict and are focused...
Should You Believe Faulty U.S. Crime Stats Or Your Own Lying Eyes?
15.05.2024, 11:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Should You Believe Faulty U.S. Crime Stats Or Your Own Lying Eyes? Authored by James Varney via RealClearInvestigations, Americans can be forgiven for suffering from whiplash regarding law and order. In recent weeks the Biden administration and many news outlets, including USA Today and The Hill, have touted declines in violent crime statistics...
Target To Limit LGBT Pride Products To Online And 'Select Stores' After Last Summer's Controversy
15.05.2024, 03:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Target To Limit LGBT Pride Products To Online And 'Select Stores' After Last Summer's Controversy Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Target has announced that its LGBT-themed merchandise will only be sold online and at select stores this June, a decision made after last year’s Pride Month marketing campaign divided customers...
House Oversight Cmte Probing Biden Voter Mobilization Order
15.05.2024, 01:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - House Oversight Cmte Probing Biden Voter Mobilization Order Authored by Ben Weingarten via RealClearPolitics, The House Oversight Committee is probing a controversial Biden administration executive order tasking the federal government with mobilizing voting groups it says are underrepresented. In a letter obtained by RealClearPolitics, Chairman James...
Another "Behemoth Solar Flare" Sparks Radio Blackout Across North America
14.05.2024, 21:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Another "Behemoth Solar Flare" Sparks Radio Blackout Across North America After a weekend of the strongest solar storms to rock the planet in years, producing aurora across Europe, the United States, and as far as New Zealand, there is news the sun just burped its largest solar flare of Solar Cycle 25, according to space weather website Solarham...
Anglo Goes Bold: Unveils Breakup Plan To Transform Into Copper Giant Amid BHP Takeover Battle
14.05.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Anglo Goes Bold: Unveils Breakup Plan To Transform Into Copper Giant Amid BHP Takeover Battle London-listed Anglo-American has unveiled a "clear, compelling, and decisive plan to unlock significant value from its portfolio." This strategy involves selling its platinum and diamond business units while concentrating on copper, positioning itself to...
Transitioning Fleet Trucks To Electric Raises Costs By Up To 114 Percent, Report Warns
14.05.2024, 11:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Transitioning Fleet Trucks To Electric Raises Costs By Up To 114 Percent, Report Warns Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Transitioning conventional truck fleets to electric vehicles (EVs) pushes up annual operational costs, which subsequently increases economic inflation, according to a recent report from transportation...
"Combat Illegal Corporate Behavior" - Dem Lawmakers Urge Biden To Use Executive Action Against High Food Prices
14.05.2024, 02:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Combat Illegal Corporate Behavior" - Dem Lawmakers Urge Biden To Use Executive Action Against High Food Prices Greedflation is a myth, and Democrats are well aware of this. However, they will never acknowledge that corporate greed isn't the root cause of inflation, as greed tends to be constant in the economy. What changed is the overstimulation...
Fast Casual Dining Foot Traffic "Plummets" Across New York-New Jersey As Consumer Cracks
14.05.2024, 00:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fast Casual Dining Foot Traffic "Plummets" Across New York-New Jersey As Consumer Cracks The cost-of-living squeeze is crushing low-income consumers, so much that Goldman's top consumer trader, Scott Feiler, recently pointed out that his desk is "getting bearish on consumer and our soft landing basket." Days ago, Goldman analysts led by Bonnie Herzog...
Trump Tells Massive Crowd: "Day One" Executive Order Will Target Offshore Wind To Save Whales
13.05.2024, 23:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Tells Massive Crowd: "Day One" Executive Order Will Target Offshore Wind To Save Whales Former President Trump revealed at a large rally on Saturday evening in Wildwood, New Jersey, that if re-elected, he would sign an executive order on his first day in office to address offshore wind development along the East Coast. Trump told a crowd...
Why The Establishment Fears A Trump-Led Fed
13.05.2024, 18:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why The Establishment Fears A Trump-Led Fed Via SchiffGold.com, While in office, Trump blamed the Fed for tightening monetary policy. Now members of Trump’s team allegedly plan to give a re-elected Trump more power over the Fed, igniting panic from mainstream economists about a politicized Fed. Our guest commentator explains why the real risk,...
Trump Vows To Undo Biden's Pro-Transgender Rules On 'Day One' Of His Administration
13.05.2024, 13:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Vows To Undo Biden's Pro-Transgender Rules On 'Day One' Of His Administration Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Former President Donald Trump has vowed to reverse the Biden administration’s expansion of Title IX protections for transgender students on “day one” of his administration—if he wins the election in...
Kansas Democrat Governor Vetoes Bill Restricting Foreign Ownership Of Land Near Military Bases
13.05.2024, 01:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Kansas Democrat Governor Vetoes Bill Restricting Foreign Ownership Of Land Near Military Bases Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill on Friday that aimed to prevent companies of China and other “foreign adversaries” from acquiring real property near military installations in the state...
Blame Canada? Justin Trudeau Creates Blueprint For Dystopia In Horrific Speech Bill
13.05.2024, 00:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Blame Canada? Justin Trudeau Creates Blueprint For Dystopia In Horrific Speech Bill Authored by Matt Taibbi via Racket News, On February 21st, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave a press conference in Edmonton, announcing his government’s decision to introduce the Online Harms Act, or Bill C-63. It was described in Canadian media as a “bill...
Big Oil Has Flourished, Despite Biden's Best Efforts, And Will Back Trump In 2024
12.05.2024, 18:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Big Oil Has Flourished, Despite Biden's Best Efforts, And Will Back Trump In 2024 “It’s death by 1,000 cuts. It’s the worst presidency with regard to energy policy I’ve ever seen — and I’ve been involved in energy for 40 years, my entire career.” Those were the words of Steve Pruett, chief executive of Elevation Resources, to Financial...
Nebraska Ends Income Taxes On Gold And Silver, Declares CBDC’s Are Not Lawful Money
12.05.2024, 16:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Nebraska Ends Income Taxes On Gold And Silver, Declares CBDC’s Are Not Lawful Money Authroed by JP Cortez via the Mises Institute, With Gov. Jim Pillen’s recent signature, Nebraska has become the 12th state to end capital gains taxes on sales of gold and silver. LB 1317 is the fourth major sound money bill to become law this year, as state lawmakers...
Over 124 Pounds Of Cocaine And Fentanyl Seized In El Paso In 1 Week
11.05.2024, 19:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Over 124 Pounds Of Cocaine And Fentanyl Seized In El Paso In 1 Week Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials in the El Paso region seized more than 124 pounds of fentanyl and cocaine last week in four separate incidents, amid criticism of lax border policies. On April 30,...
U.S. Representative Introduces Bill To End Federal Taxation On Gold And Silver
11.05.2024, 17:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - U.S. Representative Introduces Bill To End Federal Taxation On Gold And Silver Via Money Metals, Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.) is seen at a campaign rally at the Westmoreland Fair Grounds in Greensburg, Pa., on May 6, 2022. | Gene J. Puskar/AP U.S. Representative Alex Mooney (R-WV) has re-introduced sound money legislation to remove all federal income...
US Power Grid & Communication Networks Survive Extreme Geomagnetic Storm
11.05.2024, 14:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Power Grid & Communication Networks Survive Extreme Geomagnetic Storm The Space Weather Prediction Center of NOAA warned on Friday night about an "extreme" G5 geomagnetic storm impacting Earth, which lasted into the early morning hours. While there have been disruptions in communications, no significant failures in the US power grid have been reported...
They Went Woke: Oscars Facing Liquidity Crisis, Launch $500 Million Fundraising Drive As Viewers Flee
10.05.2024, 22:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - They Went Woke: Oscars Facing Liquidity Crisis, Launch $500 Million Fundraising Drive As Viewers Flee Given that Ricky Gervais has been the only good thing about the Oscars in years, if not decades... ...the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has launched a $500 million fundraising initiative in an effort to offset the Oscars dramatic drop in...
Decline Of Senior Officer Integrity And Civilian Control Of The Military
10.05.2024, 01:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Decline Of Senior Officer Integrity And Civilian Control Of The Military Authored by Keith T. Holcomb via RealClearDefense, Public confidence in the military has slipped. One major reason is the politicization of senior military officers, who show an increasing propensity to compromise their integrity to gain influence and achieve both budgetary and...
CISA, FBI Resuming Talks With Social Media Firms Over Disinformation Removal, Senate Intel Chair Says
09.05.2024, 23:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - CISA, FBI Resuming Talks With Social Media Firms Over Disinformation Removal, Senate Intel Chair Says Authored by David Dimolfetta via nextgov.com, Key federal agencies have resumed discussions with social media companies over removing disinformation on their sites as the November presidential election nears, a stark reversal after the Biden administration...
Futures Drop As Treasury Yields Extend Gains
09.05.2024, 14:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Drop As Treasury Yields Extend Gains US equity futures are weaker as yields resume their rise and the USD strengthens after the BOE signaled it was ready to cut rates. As of 7:45am, S&P futures were down 0.2% and Nasdaq futures dipped 0.3% as all Mag7 names and most semis were red in the premarket. Most European markets are lower, tracking US...
The Missing Piece Of The Puzzle: Behind The Inexplicable "Strength" Of US Consumers Is $700 Billion In "Phanton Debt"
09.05.2024, 04:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Missing Piece Of The Puzzle: Behind The Inexplicable "Strength" Of US Consumers Is $700 Billion In "Phanton Debt" Yesterday we discussed the latest consumer credit data, which revealed that the amount of credit card debt across the US has hit a new record high of $1.337 trillion (even though it appears to have finally hit a brick wall, barely rising...
The Missing Piece Of The Puzzle: Behind The Inexplicable "Strength" Of US Consumers Is $700 Billion In "Phanton Debt"
09.05.2024, 04:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Missing Piece Of The Puzzle: Behind The Inexplicable "Strength" Of US Consumers Is $700 Billion In "Phanton Debt" Yesterday we discussed the latest consumer credit data, which revealed that the amount of credit card debt across the US has hit a new record high of $1.337 trillion (even though it appears to have finally hit a brick wall, barely rising...
Philadelphia Mayor Starts Long-Awaited Process Of Cleaning Out City's Open Air Drug Markets
09.05.2024, 02:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Philadelphia Mayor Starts Long-Awaited Process Of Cleaning Out City's Open Air Drug Markets Philadelphia's new mayor Cherelle Parker may be succeeding with what seems like a relatively simple task that her predecessors were wholly incapable of performing: cleaning out the city's open air drug markets in its Kensington section. Pay attention, Democrats...
Creditors Of Bankrupt FTX To Receive As Much As 142% Of What They Are Owed
08.05.2024, 21:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Creditors Of Bankrupt FTX To Receive As Much As 142% Of What They Are Owed Back in March, when eyeing the tremendous rebound in the crypto space, we joked that creditors in Sam Bankman-Fried's bankrupt exchange, FTX, would recover 200% of their claims. FTX bankruptcy will be the first Chapter 11 where creditors recover 200% of their claims — zerohedge...
Tesla Tumbles On Reports Of DoJ Securities Fraud Probe Over Deceptive Self-Driving Capabilities
08.05.2024, 14:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tesla Tumbles On Reports Of DoJ Securities Fraud Probe Over Deceptive Self-Driving Capabilities In what appears to be just the latest 'lawfare' angle of attack against Elon Musk (and his freedom of speech enabling platform), President Biden's Department of Justice is examining whether Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors...
EU Leaders Confronts China's Xi Over Trade At Paris Summit
08.05.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - EU Leaders Confronts China's Xi Over Trade At Paris Summit By Dorothy Li of The Epoch Times The European Union pressed China over its unfair trade practices as communist regime leader Xi Jinping began his official visit aimed at bolstering relationships with European leaders. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech to the...
What Will CBDCs Mean For Gold?
07.05.2024, 14:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - What Will CBDCs Mean For Gold? Via SchiffGold.com, With the eventual introduction of central bank digital currency (CBDCs) now seemingly inevitable, there are a lot of directions central banks could take with their digital currency projects that would have dramatic implications for the price of gold. Touted for their “convenience” and “efficiency...
Five Simple Policies To Reset America's "Rigged" Health System
07.05.2024, 00:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Five Simple Policies To Reset America's "Rigged" Health System Calley Means, a one-time consultant for big food and pharmaceutical companies in the Washington, DC, swap and now the founder of TrueMed, a company that enables tax-free spending on food and exercise, has outlined on X five simple policies the federal government can implement to correct...
How Ridiculous? Blade-Less Swiss Army Knife Debuts As Weapon Laws Tighten
07.05.2024, 00:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Ridiculous? Blade-Less Swiss Army Knife Debuts As Weapon Laws Tighten In a world that is fracturing into a multipolar state, with risks of world war erupting in either Eastern Europe or the Middle East, continued threats of conflict in the Pacific, and the migrant invasion across Western countries, the company behind the iconic half-century-old...
House Panel Calls To Defund Federal Agencies That Stonewall Congressional Probes
06.05.2024, 23:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - House Panel Calls To Defund Federal Agencies That Stonewall Congressional Probes Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are calling for budget cuts to federal agencies that refuse to cooperate with lawmakers’ investigations, warning that failure to discipline agencies that deny oversight-related...
Toronto-Dominion Bank Risks Entering "Lost Decade"
06.05.2024, 20:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Toronto-Dominion Bank Risks Entering "Lost Decade" Shares of the Toronto-Dominion Bank have fallen nearly 8% since last Thursday's Wall Street Journal report that revealed the bank's involvement in a $653 million drug money-laundering scheme. The WSJ said a Justice Department investigation was opened into TD Bank's anti-money-laundering controls...
Boeing Faces 10 More Whistleblowers After Mysterious Deaths
06.05.2024, 18:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Boeing Faces 10 More Whistleblowers After Mysterious Deaths In the span of two months, two Boeing whistleblowers have died under mysterious circumstances. John Barnett (L), Joshua Dean The first, 62-year-old John Barnett, died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on March 9. He was found dead in his Dodge Ram truck holding a silver pistol in...
Trump Leads Biden By 10 Points In Latest Election Poll: Rasmussen Reports
05.05.2024, 18:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Leads Biden By 10 Points In Latest Election Poll: Rasmussen Reports Despite the 'betting' odds still favoring President Biden in November (according to PredictIt)... ...Former President Donald Trump has boosted his lead over President Joe Biden to ten percentage points ahead of the upcoming elections, according to a recent poll. In a three-way...